AJC

name

"ajc" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“AJC” is uncommon English (frequency #62,663 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,663
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of American Jewish Committee.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ajc · AJC · English

AJC · rank #62,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,663
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akio

Nearest frequency peer: Akio (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “AJC”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “AJC” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for AJC
PropertyValue
HeadwordAJC
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters3
Frequency rank#62,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “AJC” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).AJCfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Akio” (#62,664), “Akkadian” (#62,665), “Agron” (#62,660). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “AJC” is #62,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

AJC is uncommon English at frequency #62,663 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for AJC, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is AJC, spelled A-J-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of American Jewish Committee.
  2. 2
    Initialism of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how AJC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The AJC survey found that while both Jewish Americans and the general public see antisemitism as a problem, less than half of the general population think antisemitism has increased at least to some extent in the past five years, compared to about four in five Jewish Americans.
  2. The AJC urged Warner Bros. to add a disclaimer to the movie. The paper has hired Hollywood lawyer Martin Singer and sent a letter to the studio.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "AJC"?
"AJC" is spelled A-J-C.
What does "AJC" mean?
As a proper noun, "AJC" means: Initialism of American Jewish Committee.
What language does "AJC" come from?
"AJC" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "AJC", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list